- From: <lachlan.hunt@iinet.net.au>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:10:55 +0800
- To: "R. Douglas Ezell" <rdouglas@iglou.com>
- Cc: "www-html@w3.org" <www-html@w3.org>
Quoting "R. Douglas Ezell" <rdouglas@iglou.com>:
> The current structure of navigation lists leave me with several questions.
<snip>example navigation list</snip>
> 1. How do you address only the links of a navigation list directly? They
> do not have a dedicated containing element to do so.
What? Yes they do, <nl> is their containing element.
If I wanted to
> apply a style to the list items, would I have to address each one
> individually? What if I wanted a simple outset border around just the
> list items of a navigation list?
nl li[href] { border: 2px outset black; }
> 3. Is the navigation list meant to be a menu bar or a menu, or am I
> misinterpretting its structure entirely. Clearly they do not seem to
> possess the rquisite structure for either to me.
The list can be presented as a menu bar if you wish, or a side menu,
or whatever else you can think of. The structure is intended for any type of
navigation list such as a table of contents, site navigation, a blog roll, or
whatever.
--
Lachlan Hunt
http://www.lachy.id.au/
Received on Saturday, 31 July 2004 00:11:35 UTC